Skip to content
worldfires
en
CD · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kwango

Wildfires in Kasongo-Lunda

Kasongo-Lunda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, has had 98 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 986,363 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 37% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 0).

Only fires of 5,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Sat 31 Very low 30° · 52 % · 27 km/h
  2. Sun 1 Very low 31° · 65 % · 23 km/h
  3. Mon 2 Very low 29° · 76 % · 23 km/h
  4. Tue 3 Very low 30° · 57 % · 18 km/h
  5. Wed 4 Very low 29° · 63 % · 34 km/h
  6. Thu 5 Very low 30° · 61 % · 28 km/h
  7. Fri 6 Very low 27° · 64 % · 24 km/h
  8. Sat 7 Very low 29° · 69 % · 24 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service.

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

986,363
hectares burned
37 %
of its area
98
fires
26,886
km²

How many times has Kasongo-Lunda burned?

Kasongo-Lunda has burned 98 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Kasongo-Lunda fire, September 2026, with 7,910 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 8× 16
  2. 4× 17
  3. 4× 18
  4. 5× 19
  5. 10× 20
  6. 1× 21
  7. 3× 22
  8. 2× 23
  9. 14× 24
  10. 8× 25
  11. 39× 26
98
fires
11
years with fire
986,363
cumulative ha
2 Sept 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 5,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in Democratic Republic of the Congo →

Fires that entered Kasongo-Lunda

  1. 7,910 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, September 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,862 ha in total · 11 days
  2. 5,051 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 24 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,018 ha in total · 20 days
  3. 14,664 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 13 August 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 14,577 ha in total · 16 days
  4. 9,328 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 11 August 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 9,281 ha in total · 19 days
  5. 25,257 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 10 August 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 25,118 ha in total · 18 days
  6. 14,758 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 10 August 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 14,680 ha in total · 25 days
  7. 31,834 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 9 August 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 32,135 ha in total · 31 days
  8. 10,265 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 9 August 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 10,215 ha in total · 27 days
  9. 18,334 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 8 August 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 18,234 ha in total · 27 days
  10. 22,269 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 7 August 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 22,145 ha in total · 21 days
  11. 35,239 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 5 August 2026 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 34,975 ha in total · 23 days
  12. 6,334 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 5 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,669 ha in total · 4 days
  13. 49,648 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 5 August 2026 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 49,340 ha in total · 23 days
  14. 34,446 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 1 August 2026 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 34,228 ha in total · 24 days
  15. 19,116 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 1 August 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 18,984 ha in total · 27 days
  16. 5,429 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 22 July 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,402 ha in total · 9 days
  17. 4,466 ha Feshi fire, 17 July 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 12,703 ha in total · 13 days
  18. 10,627 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 17 July 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 10,551 ha in total · 16 days
  19. 2,160 ha Kahemba fire, 16 July 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 5,827 ha in total · 16 days
  20. 8,715 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 3 July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,648 ha in total · 11 days
  21. 7,825 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 1 July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,769 ha in total · 12 days
  22. 6,994 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 1 July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,953 ha in total · 10 days
  23. 7,235 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 25 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,843 ha in total · 26 days
  24. 6 ha Kahemba fire, 24 June 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 12,448 ha in total · 17 days
  25. 39,372 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 23 June 2026 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 39,317 ha in total · 21 days
  26. 302 ha Kahemba fire, 22 June 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 23,991 ha in total · 20 days
  27. 5,674 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 6 June 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,639 ha in total · 12 days
  28. 31 ha Feshi fire, 6 June 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 9,595 ha in total · 12 days
  29. 8,542 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 5 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,493 ha in total · 23 days
  30. 3,433 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 5 June 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 6,065 ha in total · 13 days
  31. 5,437 ha Feshi fire, 4 June 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 6,995 ha in total · 10 days
  32. 7,089 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 4 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,045 ha in total · 17 days
  33. 434 ha Feshi fire, 3 June 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 6,840 ha in total · 10 days
  34. 8,049 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 1 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,997 ha in total · 16 days
  35. 8,121 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 1 June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,071 ha in total · 20 days
  36. 10,841 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 1 June 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 10,758 ha in total · 16 days
  37. 9,112 ha Feshi fire, 1 June 2026 0.3% of the municipality · 17,417 ha in total · 17 days
  38. 26,275 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 22 May 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 26,083 ha in total · 33 days
  39. 5,854 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 22 May 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,809 ha in total · 28 days
  40. 15,663 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 8 August 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 15,576 ha in total · 27 days
  41. 8,559 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 8 August 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,511 ha in total · 27 days
  42. 13,963 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 7 August 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 13,886 ha in total · 26 days
  43. 8,036 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 4 August 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,997 ha in total · 26 days
  44. 34,106 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 4 August 2025 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 33,892 ha in total · 30 days
  45. 6,113 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 1 August 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,071 ha in total · 27 days
  46. 1,115 ha Feshi fire, 14 July 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 5,386 ha in total · 5 days
  47. 6,661 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, July 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,625 ha in total · 15 days
  48. 5,450 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 9 August 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,420 ha in total · 21 days
  49. 12,085 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 9 August 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 12,034 ha in total · 27 days
  50. 8,145 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 6 August 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,101 ha in total · 25 days
  51. 5,489 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 6 August 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,460 ha in total · 21 days
  52. 10,065 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 5 August 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 10,006 ha in total · 19 days
  53. 43,876 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 4 August 2024 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 43,605 ha in total · 31 days
  54. 13,735 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 4 August 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 13,658 ha in total · 28 days
  55. 5,490 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 4 August 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,455 ha in total · 16 days
  56. 7,662 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 3 August 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,609 ha in total · 11 days
  57. 5,733 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 25 July 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,695 ha in total · 2 days
  58. 5,887 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 4 July 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,840 ha in total · 4 days
  59. 6,062 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 20 June 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,022 ha in total · 16 days
  60. 5,937 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 10 June 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,893 ha in total · 19 days
  61. 1,832 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 4 June 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 7,344 ha in total · 12 days
  62. 5,185 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 3 July 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,149 ha in total · 17 days
  63. 5,591 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 2 July 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,550 ha in total · 13 days
  64. 5,079 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, August 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,047 ha in total · 14 days
  65. 7,308 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, June 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,267 ha in total · 15 days
  66. 9,883 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, May 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 9,812 ha in total · 18 days
  67. 5,072 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, May 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,035 ha in total · 23 days
  68. 13,320 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 5 August 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 13,236 ha in total · 15 days
  69. 5,528 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 5 August 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,498 ha in total · 20 days
  70. 18,692 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 5 August 2020 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 18,588 ha in total · 15 days
  71. 8,971 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 3 August 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,922 ha in total · 16 days
  72. 9,999 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 2 August 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 9,929 ha in total · 11 days
  73. 6,541 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 27 July 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,492 ha in total · 24 days
  74. 6,213 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 3 July 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,168 ha in total · 8 days
  75. 5,503 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 29 June 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,467 ha in total · 1 day
  76. 1,622 ha Feshi fire, 8 June 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 5,875 ha in total · 12 days
  77. 2,759 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 6 June 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 6,060 ha in total · 19 days
  78. 6,727 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 12 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,691 ha in total · 19 days
  79. 5,810 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 12 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,777 ha in total · 23 days
  80. 14,504 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 3 August 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 14,415 ha in total · 32 days
  81. 6,496 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 16 July 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,450 ha in total · 15 days
  82. 7,778 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 4 July 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 10,517 ha in total · 5 days
  83. 6,983 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 7 August 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,940 ha in total · 19 days
  84. 11,868 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 6 August 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 11,810 ha in total · 24 days
  85. 7,285 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, July 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,233 ha in total · 17 days
  86. 1,290 ha Feshi fire, 5 June 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 5,050 ha in total · 16 days
  87. 12,029 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 23 August 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 11,963 ha in total · 17 days
  88. 8,504 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 7 August 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,457 ha in total · 13 days
  89. 5,398 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 7 August 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,361 ha in total · 19 days
  90. 7,915 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, July 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,857 ha in total · 21 days
  91. 6,709 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 6 August 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,672 ha in total · 16 days
  92. 6,068 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 3 August 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,023 ha in total · 14 days
  93. 8,381 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 2 August 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,323 ha in total · 20 days
  94. 6,238 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, July 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,189 ha in total · 11 days
  95. 0 ha Kahemba fire, 3 July 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 5,610 ha in total · 10 days
  96. 5,123 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 7 June 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,088 ha in total · 8 days
  97. 5,205 ha Kasongo-Lunda fire, 6 June 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,173 ha in total · 11 days
  98. 649 ha Feshi fire, 1 June 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 5,081 ha in total · 12 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Referenciel Géographique Commun, OCHA DR Congo (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Tell me what burns here

New fires in this area by RSS: paste the link into your reader, no email needed.

Follow by RSS